Teuchothrips ornatus Bournier, 1993

Mound, Laurence A. & Goldarazena, Arturo, 2022, Antennal sense cone variation in Teuchothrips species of New Caledonia, with one new generic combination (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5124 (2), pp. 238-244 : 241

Teuchothrips ornatus Bournier

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Teuchothrips ornatus Bournier, 1993: 359 .

This species was described from the female holotype plus ten females and seven males, taken in the rolled leaves of Hibbertia lucens [ Dilleniaceae ] at Mont Koghi just north of Noumea , New Caledonia. The maxillary stylets are exceptionally long, and commonly cross over each other medially in the head ( Figs 4 , 5 ). The vertex is extensively reticulate, the postoccipital ridge simple, and the pronotal anteromarginal setae very small with the posteroangular setae elongate. From the type series, three female and two male paratypes were studied on loan from the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle , Paris. In addition, a series of eight females and 14 males more recently collected were studied. These were taken from the apical buds of an Hibbertia species on Mont Do, about 70km northwest of Noumea in April, 2012 (LAM 5607).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Heads of paratypes of Teuchothrips species. (1) cleistanthi; (2) kraussi; (3) ornatus; (4) noumeaensis.

FIGURES 5–12. Teuchothrips and Neocecidothrips. (5) T. ornatus head (LAM5607). N. pacificus holotype 6–12: (6) head; (7) fore tibia & tarsus; (8) antenna; (9) mesonotum, metanotum & pelta. (10) head & pronotum; (11) pronotum; (12) prosternum.